Hidden children of the Holocaust : Belgian nuns and their daring rescue of young Jews from the Nazis /
In Belgium in the summer of 1942, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe havens for their children. This book tells the stories of children who found haven in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages, and of the women who sheltered them.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In Belgium in the summer of 1942, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe havens for their children. This book tells the stories of children who found haven in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages, and of the women who sheltered them. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 178 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199720538 0199720533 9780199870752 0199870756 1435652851 9781435652859 9786612402791 6612402792 1281851477 9781281851475 9786611851477 661185147X |